Improvement in cut-offs for water-conductors



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I Letters Patent No. 68,682, dated september 10,1867.

IMPROVEMENT 1N cur-Oris ron WATER-connectors.

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TO ALL Wl-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, E. B. ARMSTRONG, of Columbus, in the county Vof'Franklixnand State of-Ohio, have invented a new and improved Cut-0` forWater-Conductors; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1is a perspective view, and

Figure 2 is a vertical section. i

The same letters are employed in both ligures in the indication of partswhich are identical.

VThe external casing A of the cut-od forms part of a continuous verticalpipe, as, for instance, of the water- -spouting ofabuilding, though itmay be applied to use in any analogous case where it is desirable tochange the ilow of a liquid from a pipe into either one of twoconnecting pipes. `BA and B' are two connecting pipes,

into one or the other of which it is dcsiredalternately to direct theilow ofwater. This is done by means of the cut-off C', which is a tubeplaced within the casingA, having at its lower end a curved lip, C1, tothe lower extremity of which is attached a pivot, which rests upon thepartition A', extending across the casing A,between and above the pipesB B', or the pivot may be fastened to this partition and sustain thecut-off, which turns upon it.` The lip Cl should be carried beyond thepartition, so that whether placed, as shown by the` dark or `the redlines in fig. 2, it will direct all the water iiowing through the pipefrom above into the space between the partition A' and the casing,fromwhich it will flow o through either the ypipe B orthc pipeB, as maybe' desired. I prefer to turn the upper edge of the cut-off outwards, soas to form a horizontal ange, to which I 'attach a handle, C2, by' whichit may be turned. D is an internal pipe forming 4an extension of theupper portion ofthe water-conductor, wlich should t snugly within it.'This pipe is attached to the external casing by straps D', carried overthe cut-oii` C, on one side only, so as not to interfere with therevolution from 'side to side` alternately ofthe handle C2. E is a wirespring, the ends ot' which are attached` near to one another to theoutside of the easing A. This wire is carried up at the points where thehandle C2 will rest when the cut-cil` is turned so as completely todirect the water into one or the other of the pipes B B', and is bentdownwards again between these points so as to form a catch to hold thecut-olfin proper position. I place two of the straps D' in such positionas to serve as stops to prevent the handle Cz being turned further thanis necessary to place thi,

cut-o`in proper position. The elasticity of the spring E lwill permitit. to be raised so that the handle `may be' turned from side to side.What I claim as my invention, 4and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is- 1. The revolving cut-off C Cl, in combination with the externalcasing A andextcnsion pipes B and B', substantially as and for thepurpose set forth. l

2. The combination and arrangement of the casing A, pipes B and B',internal vi'xterniediate partition A', cut-olf .C C, and internal pipeD, substantially as described. p i

3. The combination of thc casing A, pipes B and B', cut-off C Cl, handleC2, and spring E, `substantially as described.4 v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

E. n. ARMSTRONG. i,

`Witnessesz S. W. ANDREWS, LAWRENCE MURPHY, Jr. l

